Faculty Lounge No Dissent from Any George Mason University Law Professor over Scalia Name Spencer Irvine May 19, 2016 Wow. Not a single one dissented (one abstention) in a vote over the renaming of the law school after the passing of SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia.
Faculty Lounge George Mason University Faculty Not Fans of Donation to Rename Law School after Antonin Scalia Spencer Irvine May 5, 2016 Specifically, the faculty senate said that the agreement between the university and the Charles Koch Foundation means that donors would…
Perspectives Universities Against Regulation… Of Themselves Malcolm A. Kline April 29, 2016 Academics found something they don’t want the government to regulate when they looked in the mirror. “Last year, for example,…
Faculty Lounge George Mason Faculty Believe Naming the Law School after SCOTUS Justice Scalia is Offensive Spencer Irvine April 16, 2016 Specifically, faculty members say it’s an affront to the LGBT community to honor the late Supreme Court justice. Photo by…
Perspectives Lenin’s Stubborn Facts Malcolm A. Kline April 8, 2016 Lenin famously said that facts are stubborn things, and they are, no matter how much his fans in academia try…
Faculty Lounge George Mason University to Rename Law School after Antonin Scalia Spencer Irvine April 1, 2016 A good move by the university, which is based in Fairfax, Virginia, after receiving significant donations. Photo by Cknight70
Perspectives Did the Feds Mess Up the 2008 Recession? Spencer Irvine March 7, 2016 That was the question on the minds of several economists at a panel discussion held at the Cato Institute recently….
Faculty Lounge Um, Ok: Court Rules George Mason University Violated Rights of Expelled Student Spencer Irvine March 5, 2016 Uh, this is a different kind of constitutional right case: In a sweeping ruling that also encompassed speech codes and…
MLA, Perspectives Good News for English Majors, Sort Of Malcolm A. Kline January 26, 2016 When thousands of English professors gathered in Austin, Texas earlier this month for the annual Modern Language Association (MLA) convention,…
Faculty Lounge George Mason University College Republicans Protested Obama’s Townhall on Guns Spencer Irvine January 11, 2016 Prior to last week’s townhall debate, televised by CNN at George Mason University, College Republicans protested the anti-gun rhetoric of…
Perspectives Study: Both Parties’ Presidents Increase Regulations While in Office Malcolm A. Kline August 13, 2015 Both political parties like to reinforce the image of Democrats embracing government regulations while Republicans fight them but a new…
Perspectives How Conservatives Teach Malcolm A. Kline July 10, 2015 Liberal friends curious about how conservative professors actually teach might consider asking them. That’s what Jeisi Zhao of the Young…